Phoenix Suns 125, Denver Nuggets 128 — Recap

December 25, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 125, Denver Nuggets 128 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 24-28 DEN; Q2 PHX 33-23 DEN; Q3 PHX 27-30 DEN; Q4 PHX 29-32 DEN; OT1 PHX 12-15 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 41 points, 15 rebounds, 15 assists, 2 threes on 16-of-25 shooting; Landry Shamet (PHX) 31 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 7 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 28 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 26 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-19 shooting; Deandre Ayton (PHX) 22 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

41 PTS, 15 REB, 15 AST, 2 3PM · 16-25 FG

Scoring · PHX

Landry Shamet

31 PTS, 2 REB, 6 AST, 7 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · DEN

Aaron Gordon

28 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 11-18 FG

Season highs

Chris Paul · Season-high 16 assistsNikola Jokic · Season-high 15 assistsJamal Murray · Season-high 5 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4	OT		T
PHX	24	33	27	29	12		125
DEN	28	23	30	32	15		128

🧮 How They Scored

PHXDEN

40Points in the paint52

5Fast-break points11

19Second-chance points19

21Points off turnovers14

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.9%Effective FG%54.8%

11.0%Turnover %9.9%

25.0%Offensive rebound %26.1%

0.277Free-throw rate0.362

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Chris Paul G	41	17	4	16	2	1	0	6-17	0-3	5-10	-1
Mikal Bridges F	40	13	2	3	0	4	2	5-12	2-5	1-1	-13
Landry Shamet G	39	31	2	6	0	1	2	10-20	7-17	4-4	+3
Deandre Ayton C	38	22	16	2	2	2	6	9-18	1-1	3-4	-13
Torrey Craig F	36	13	7	2	2	1	2	5-8	3-4	0-0	-15
Damion Lee G	30	18	8	0	0	0	1	5-8	4-5	4-4	+8
Bismack Biyombo C	15	5	3	2	0	0	0	2-4	0-0	1-3	+10
Ish Wainright F	11	0	2	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+7
Josh Okogie G	10	4	2	1	0	0	0	2-5	0-0	0-0	+8
Devin Booker G	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-9

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	44	41	15	15	0	1	3	16-25	2-4	7-9	+12
Jamal Murray G	43	26	5	5	2	1	3	7-19	5-11	7-8	+2
Aaron Gordon F	41	28	13	2	1	1	3	11-18	1-2	5-9	+18
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	39	15	2	4	2	0	1	4-10	3-5	4-4	+16
Michael Porter Jr. F	35	7	8	0	1	1	0	3-11	0-5	1-2	+11
Bruce Brown G	26	5	2	2	2	0	0	2-4	1-3	0-1	-16
Nah'Shon Hyland G	14	3	2	1	0	0	2	1-6	0-5	1-1	-13
Christian Braun G	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-6
Zeke Nnaji F-C	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-9

🔬 Advanced Stats

Phoenix SunsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Landry Shamet	Bench	39	31	71.2	26.7	+3.8	14.5
Deandre Ayton	Bench	38	22	55.7	29.5	-14.8	13.2
Damion Lee	Bench	30	18	92.2	15.9	+15.8	16.0
Chris Paul	Bench	41	17	39.7	22.6	+1.5	11.3
Mikal Bridges	Bench	40	13	52.3	14.9	-15.5	3.5
Torrey Craig	Bench	36	13	81.3	12.2	-16.8	9.6
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	15	5	47.0	15.2	+41.1	4.9
Josh Okogie	Bench	10	4	40.0	23.8	+50.3	0.0
Devin Booker	Bench	4	2	50.0	25.0	-90.3	4.3
Dario Saric	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jock Landale	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Duane Washington Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Wainright	Bench	11	0	0.0	0.0	+35.3	0.0

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	44	41	70.8	28.4	+11.7	25.9
Aaron Gordon	Bench	41	28	63.8	24.8	+18.0	14.3
Jamal Murray	Bench	43	26	57.7	24.8	-0.3	12.2
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	39	15	63.8	13.8	+18.0	7.8
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	35	7	29.5	14.6	+13.7	2.4
Bruce Brown	Bench	26	5	56.3	6.5	-30.2	5.5
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	14	3	23.3	24.2	-60.0	-9.9
Christian Braun	Bench	13	3	150.0	3.7	-20.4	5.6
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	9	0	0.0	0.0	-42.9	-12.5
Peyton Watson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Davon Reed	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jack White	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0